Gigi, Vincente Minnelli's 1958 adaptation of Colette's story about a girl (Leslie Caron) groomed as a courtesan but desired as a wife by a Parisian playboy (Louis Jordan), won a lot of Oscars, but it also has the unusual distinction of being an MGM musical shot on location in the City of Lights. What a musical it is (by Lerner and Loewe): Maurice Chevalier and Hermione Gingold crooning "Ah, Yes, I Remember It Well", plus the songs "Thank Heaven for Little Girls", "Gigi", "I'm a Bore", and "She's Not Thinking of Me". Director Minnelli makes a sumptuous, dreamy, almost laid-back affair of it all and the indispensable cast is forever etched into memory. Hollywood's long-running infatuation with continental grace and manners, the memory of a much earlier time imported to American movies through such immigrant directors as Ernst Lubitsch, may have finally come to a gentle end with this film. --Tom Keogh
To celebrate its 50th anniversary Warner have re-released Gigi Vincente Minnelli's 1958 adaptation of Colette's story about a girl groomed as a courtesan but desired as a wife by a Parisian playboy. It has the unusual distinction of being an MGM musical shot on location in the City of Lights with songs such as: Ah Yes I Remember It Well Thank Heaven for Little Girls Gigi I'm a Bore and She's Not Thinking of Me. Director Minnelli makes a sumptuous dreamy almost laid-back affair of it all and the indispensable cast is forever etched into memory.
A scruffy tomboy is transformed into a radiant high society beauty in this glorious musical from MGM. Scored by the talented team of Lerner and Lowe the movie features splendid musical numbers like ""Thank Heaven for Little Girls"" and ""I Remember It Well."" Directed by the great Vincent Minnelli (The Band Wagon) this award-winning classic is not to be missed.
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